| Relevance/rationale of the indicator (resp. why the indicator was chosen to measure the target and how it is suitable for these purposes) |
Foreign trade in technological services mainly follows the sale and purchase of intangible technologies and knowledge of a given country in relation to other economies. Income data, or payments received as part of foreign trade in technological services, express the technological level of the economy, i.e. they inform about the extent of foreign trade in industrial property and knowledge associated with advanced technologies. |
| Target value of the indicator and its evaluation |
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| Definition |
The technological services are defined on the basis of the items of the Extended of Balance of Payments Services classifications EBOPS 2010 into the following four categories: computer services (SI2 + SH3), design, engineering and other technical services (SJ31), research and development services (SJ1), license fees for the right to use industrial property products (SH2).
Detailed information about the EBOPS 2010 classification can be found at: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/classifications/Family/Detail/101 |
| Measuring unit |
Billions of CZK, % |
| Indicator disaggregation |
By groups of technological services defined according to the EBOPS classification
By country |
| Reference period (resp. the period to which the indicator relates) |
Year |
| Related geographical area |
CZ (NUTS 0) |
| Comment |
The international trade in technological services in the Czech Republic is dominated by transactions of foreign-controlled enterprises, units of multinationals enterprise groups. The Eurostat Balance of Payments Database can be used as a data source for the international comparison. More information about this data source can be found at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/en/bop_its6_esms.htm |
